For those requiring more, there’s SketchUp Pro, which costs about US$500 (still modest compared to other CAD programs). The surprisingly powerful SketchUp is available as a free download from Google. Ecotect has a web-based companion, Green Building Studio, which adds carbon neutrality analysis to the package.
Ecotect also allows CAD designs to be imported via a variety of formats, such as DXF, OBJ or 3DS, providing quick virtual assessment of daylighting, shadowing, solar gain and thermal comfort at any time of day. This affords architects an ability to design more energy-efficient buildings from the get-go, reducing not only project development cost, but both building operational costs. Ecotect provides analysis very early on in the design process and does not require a completed building design to furnish performance data. A building analysis tool, Ecotect allows architects and engineers to measure a building’s performance criteria like solar, thermal, shading, lighting and airflow. In 2008, AutoDesk, the company behind the first CAD (computer aided design) program to run on personal computers, AutoCAD, acquired EcoTect software. Andrew Marsh whilst at the University of Western Australia.
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